Tuesday, 17 November 2015

Update from Barrier-Free Manitoba about Canadian Disability Acts (CDA)

Barrier-Free Manitoba is pleased to announce that we have just
accepted the invitation to become Manitoba's affiliate with Barrier-Free Canada.

Barrier-Free Canada/Canada Sans Barrieres (BFC/CSB) is
spearheading the campaign to secure a strong and effective Canadians with
Disabilities Act (CDA) to achieve a barrier-free Canada for all persons with
disabilities. The steering committee of BFC/CSB has drafted a set of principles concerning a CDA that are drawn from the
principles that underpin the provincial disability legislation in Ontario and
Manitoba.

A CDA is not meant to replace provincial disability legislation.
It will complement such legislation and benefit Canadians living in provinces
with and without provincial disability legislation.

The results from Barrier-Free Canada's efforts are already apparent.
The new federal Liberal government included the commitment to pass a CDA as
part of its election platform. Now forming the government, the new Minister of Sports and Persons with Disabilities has been
directed by Prime Minister Trudeau to:

·Lead an engagement
process with provinces, territories, municipalities, and stakeholders that will
lead to the passage of a Canadians with Disabilities Act.

Barrier-Free Manitoba is proud to be associated with such fine
people doing outstanding work on this important issue and making remarkable
progress.